Device for supporting paint-pails.



PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

P. RICHARDSON.

DEVICE FORSUPPORTING PAINT PAILS.

APPLICATION IILED DEO.17. 190s.

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PAUL RICHARDSbN, OF BRYAN, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR SUPPOLRCING PAINT'PAXIAE- To all whom. it 172 my concern:

Be it known that I, PAUi: RICHARDSON, a. citizen of the United States,residing at Bryan, in the county of Williams, State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for SupportingPaint-Pails; and I do hereby declare the fol-. lowing to be a full,clear, and exact descri "tion. of. the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethesame.

This invention relates to contrivances for supporting tin aint-pailsfrom the rounds of a ladder while t 1e painter is at work upon theladder and using paint from the pail support ed as stated.

It is the purpose of the invention to provide an exceedingly simple andeffic ent means for supporting a paint pail,-and toso construct it atthe same time that the supporting means with the )ail can be taken fromthe round of the ladder and transferred to another or carried away bythe employment oi one hand. i

The nature of the invention may be ascertained from the device portrayedin the an neXed drawing, forming a part of this speeiiication, in viewof which the said invention will first be described with res wet to itsconstruction and mode of use. amithen be pointed out in the subjoinedclaims.

Of the said drawings:l igurc l is a front View of the invention appliedto a ladder. Fig. 2 is a section on line '22 of Fig. 1 with the ladderomitted.

Similar numerals of reference designate similar parts or features, asthe case may be wherever they occur.

in the drawings 10 designates a hook formed from the central portion ofa length of wire doubled upon itself, and bent backward at its base, asat 11, forming a'shank 12 adapted to rest upon the round 13 of a ladderH over which the hook may be placed.

15 designates a handle in the form of a ring which is made by turning upthe portions of Specification of Letters Patent. Application filedDecember 17. 1906. Serial No. 348.2i5.

Patented'J'an. 28, 1 908.

the wire adjacent to the shank 12 into rin form and then makin one ormore turns 0 the wire around the siiank, as at 16, so that the ring orother form giv e'n to the handle 15 may remain permanent and not spreadat its bottom;

The end mation of t downward constituting a bail 17; turning theextremities of the bail, into the form of hooks 18 to engage 0r hookinto the sides or ears of a paintpail, and support it in uprightposition while the painter is engaged in Working therefrom.

In case it is desired to transfer the aint pail and its support from oneround 9 the plortions of the wire afterthe for-' e handle are bentoutward and adder to another, or to carry the gin awn i the user maymerely take; hold of e hand e 1-5, by one hand, and lift the hook,supporting bail and paintot attached to the latter from the round of tieladder and carry it as .he would if the handle hook were'a part of abail in tact ot the paint-pot.

The efficiency and simplicity of the device render it an article ofmanufacture of importance and highmerit.

What is claimed is As an article of manufacture a paint-pail supportcomposed of a length of wire bent upon itself at its center to form ahook, a portion of which is bent laterally to constitute a shank to thebook, a handle formed from the portions of the wire immediately abovethe 100k, a portion of the wire next to the handle being bent around theshank of the hook, and a bail formed from the end portions of the wire,theterminals of which are bent into the form of hooks to engage thesidesof a paintpail.

In testimony whereof, I atfix my signature,

in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL RICHARDSON.

Witnesses:

Brurr D. HALLER, V. S. HALLE'R.

